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| Rebirth, refering to the revival of art and learning in Europe. |
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| Powerful banking family in Florence, Italy...who funded much of the renaissance art. |
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| People who financially supported he renaissance artists. |
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| The city in Italy where the Renaissance began. |
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| An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements. |
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| Worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with the here and now. |
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| Rather than Latin, the writer Dante's native language which was italian. |
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| A man can solve problems by using their brain & reasoning. |
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Individual over the group.
Uniqueness emphasized. |
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| Art that focused on Ancient Greece & Rome techniques and styles. |
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| Doubting, questioning, challenging authority (church) |
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| nature can be understood only through scientific investigation |
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| 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet whose most famous piece of art is the Sistine Chapel. |
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| 1452–1519, True Renaissance Man - Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist. |
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| Father of humanism, he was a great poet. He wrote sonnets about Laura who was his ideal. |
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| Wrote a book called "The Prince," which was a guide for absolute monarchs. The main point of the book is that it is better to be feared than loved. |
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| Where did the Renaissance begin and why there? |
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| Florence Italy - The Crusades set the stage by making the city a center of trade, wealth and cultural diffusion between the Middle East and Europe. |
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| Which group of people started the Renaissance? Why them? |
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| The new emerging Middle Class made up of bankers, merchants and craftman. They had the money to fund the arts. Don't forget about the Medici family who were huge contributors to the artisans. |
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| Where did many of the artists come from at the beginning of the Renaissance? |
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| Many of the artisans came from throughout Europe but there were also many who came from the Byzantine Empire which at this time had begun to fall apart. |
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| What changes were made during the Late Middle Ages that allowed the Renaissance (time of learning and renewed interest in arts) to begin? |
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- new ideas and values (secularism, skepticism)
- banking and money systems
- end of feudalism so people with skills could pursue new careers in things other than farming.
- safe travel for sharing of ideas and products. |
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